02 Dragon - Capturing Cara by S. E. Smith Read Free Book Online

of steps over and clinched his fists.

    “What the hell happened to you?” Kelan asked in a frustrated voice.
     
    “It’s not as bad as it looks…” Trelon began wincing again as another panel shot out smoke causing the automatic fire retardant to engage.

    “Not as bad as it looks?!” Kelan said looking around the room for the hundredth time. “You are seeing the same thing I am, aren’t you? Not to mention I have eight of my security force in medical for broken bones and six more out while their symbiosis heal them for cuts, muscle pulls, and contusions.”

    “Yes.” Trelon tried again. “I can fix this. It will only take a few days. I will definitely have it done by the time we get home.” Trelon said watching as a panel fell from the back wall where his dragon had flung one of the men. Well, it might take a little longer , he thought as he took in the dents to the side wall.

    “I don’t understand. You have never… never lost control of your dragon, much less your symbiosis. What the hell happened?” Kelan asked once again shaking his head and looking at him like he had lost his mind.
     
    “It was the female.” Trelon replied softly running his hand through his hair. If he had been paying attention to his brother’s expression instead of grimacing as he noticed the crack in the transporter’s platform, he would have noticed how still his brother became suddenly.

    “Which female?” Kelan asked in a strained voice.

    Trelon replied absently, “The tiny one that came on board with Zoran and Abby. You had already left with the others by the time they were transported.”

    Kelan released his breath at Trelon’s reply. “Yes. Well, where is she?”

    Trelon looked up in surprise. He had been so focused on the destruction around him after he had been able to take control back from his dragon that he forgot for a moment to see where his symbiosis had taken her. It wasn’t like he had forgotten her; just momentarily put her to the back of his mind as he dealt with his brother’s fury at having his favorite warship trashed by his own family. Trelon closed his eyes and concentrated on his symbiosis. For a moment there was no reply then he received a surge of warmth as he felt his symbiosis’ joy at being rubbed by the female.

    “She is safe in my living quarters.” Trelon replied with a grin.
     
    Kelan looked at the destruction one more time before he turned to throw a stern look at his slightly younger brother. “Make sure she stays there if this is the type of thing that happens when she is around.” Trelon nodded once as he watched Kelan walk out the door. Trelon’s shoulders drooped as he looked at the ruined room knowing it was going to be a very, very long night before he was able to see the female who, unbeknownst to her, was his true mate.

    The long night turned into almost three days. Trelon was on auto-pilot as he worked. He had been eating and catching what few hours of sleep he could in the transporter room. Fortunately, most of the men had returned within a few hours, healed by their symbiosis. From what he was able to gather from the bits and pieces of conversation among the men, four remained in medical. Two for injuries from his dragon, the one who had touch his female from his symbiosis, and one who was trying to get the attention of the injured female who had been brought aboard the warship. On top of all that, his dragon had done nothing but growl, claw, and whine. He tried to tell it that it was all its’ fault for losing control in the first place but that just made him feel even worse. That was the down side of being two halves of one whole; he felt everything his dragon did. He hadn’t been much better. He had snapped, argued, and cursed at every man in the room to the point none of them wanted to come near him. Then, to make a bad situation even worst, his symbiosis was happily sending them both visions of their mate snuggling up in his bed, showering, eating,